Final Exam

The following was taken from Kencil Banwarie’s blog and applies to all students writing the ENG 125 final exam
The Final Exam: What You Need to Know

The final exam will be held on Monday 4th of June, 2012 from 13:00-16:00hrs. You are required to be seated at least 20-30 minutes before the exam is scheduled to begin.
You are assigned these specific exam rooms: GWLT, SLT, CBJ 1-3, SS 1-4, FAL 1-4, A 104, J37/38, J21, J17.
Please honour this arrangement so that seat allocation occurs without any hiccups.
Before being allowed entry into the exam room, you must provide the invigilator(s) with: (i) a valid student identification card; and (b) a valid exam slip indicating ENG 125 as one of your courses. You can uplift exam passes from your Department.
The exam consists of three sections (more details are given below): (i) Critical Review, (ii) Summary, (iii) Argumentative Essay.
You will not be given any topics or thesis statements beforehand. I think I just heard some of your gasps for breath. On a serious note though, you will have a better essay if you are widely read and allude to research/illustrations that you have read about.
I believe it goes without saying, but I should mention it again: No Cheating is allowed. If you are found cheating, you will be expelled from the examination room and a formal complaint will be lodged at Exams Division against you.
You must pass both coursework and the final exam in order to pass ENG 125.

Structure of the Exam

The exam contains three compulsory questions: (i) Critical Review, (ii) Summary, (iii) Argumentative Essay.

Critical Review

You will be given a piece of writing and asked to critique the writer’s argument (i.e., Where does the argument break down? Does it contain any fallacies?).
Your response must be structured in paragraphs. Here is a small SAMPLE (a paragraph) of what you can attempt.

Summary Writing

You will be given an excerpt and asked to summarise it in a specific amount of words (usually 120 words). Please stick to the word limit.
Remember that “I”, “if”, “an”, “and”, and “the” are words. What wrote sentence without those words; what would look like?
A summary is a condensed version of a longer article. It should, therefore, be coherent and convey the same meaning as the longer version.
A summary is a collection of the main ideas, and not supporting details (statistics, quotations, illustrations, etc.)
Use your own words as far as possible, and do not copy-and-paste.
Whenever I summarise, I usually would read the excerpt twice: the first time I skim through, and the second time I read in detail. I also would underline and number the main points.
Here is a SAMPLE SUMMARY QUESTION

Argumentative Writing

You will be given several thesis statements to choose one from.
Please follow the writing guidelines given to you in your tutorials.
Remember that your essay should be logically constructed and devoid of fallacies.
As I always say: “If you can’t have fun writing your essay, how can we enjoy reading it?”

I hope you have a blessed and productive day tomorrow